Either the PM is out of touch or he just doesn't care about the plight of the average Bahamian. Life is about **balance**. You can't just have ad hoc, knee-jerk reactions in a pandemic. You need to have a carefully thought out plans to address most contingencies after talking with all the relevant stakeholders. It's been at least **6 months** now since the start of this pandemic here, yet a carefully thought out plan remains to be seen. The government still remains reactionary rather than proactive.<br/>One would think that even pre-schooler would know that citizens need time to prepare for a lockdown. SMH <br/><br/>
No citizen should have to pray for a storm to come so it can be used as an excuse to ease measures, when common sense decisions should have been made in the first place. 🤦‍♂️

Yes, it's so silly. How can you make decisions based on old data? You are only setting up yourself for failure!<br/>
But the bigger issue is, how is it that the PM can't figure these things out for himself? For instance the 7 days **without notice**... do you really need consultants to tell you it doesn't make sense? It boggles the mind. SMH

Yep, DPM is delusional.

Certainly there is a better way. Even when the Grand Bahama lockdown started, they were given 2 days notice.<br/>
So how in the world New Providence get 0 days notice??? What, are we the **dogs** of Nassau??... that we can't be treated with a modicum of decency???

Exactly, no time to prepare!! It's complete stupidity at the highest level!!!

One thing that he said that is true is that people can be really stupid about social distancing. When you mention to people to stay on their 3 ft. line and not right up under you, some of them want to curse you out - just for telling them to follow common sense. SMH<br/><br/>
Bahamians can be really inconsiderate at times.

Minnis can't see past his ivory tower to look at the struggles of the poor man.

Yep, the only thing the lockdowns reveal is that they are not the answer.

Lol, I'm detecting sarcasm here😁... I'm sure they just don't follow up to see who has recovered. Government proving they are just lousy as usual.

It would be foolish to extend the lockdowns. With the continuous flow of cases in Grand Bahama even **before** the national lockdown, it shows these lockdowns aren't doing much. Keeping the border closed was the cause and also the answer.
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These cases came from the USA. It will take a while to normalize. **Continually making everyone stay home is not effective - Grand Bahama is proof of this**. Just keep the borders closed for a while longer. Everyone is rushing to a vaccine. I think that will be coming through the pipeline soon. The US will probably be among the first to get it, so that will help things turn around. If the timeline of Feb/2021 for a vaccine is realistic, that would be a good thing.
<br/><br/>Let the businesses socially distance, people wear masks and just see how long you can keep the borders closed, but stop these 24-hour curfews. I think the 10 pm curfew is okay.